When I was in school and iPods became a huge hit, and soon after they came out my school banned them from being used in the building. You see, iPods are really neat and you can put almost anything on them. When they came out, my school decided not to allow them in the building saying we could use them to cheat by putting answers on our iPods. For example, the name of a song could be the answer to a certain question. I do not know how kids did it, but they did.
Recently, I was reading Tony Vincent's "Learning in Hand". It explains all the new hand held devices that are being used in schools. One that caught my attention was the iPod. I thought to myself and could not believe they were letting students do that when I had heard they could cheat on them. This thought led me to read farther. Students are not using their own iPods! They are using iPods the school provides. With these iPods, teachers can create Podcasts and students watch and listen to these Podcasts. It is a fun and creative way for teachers to teach and students to learn. Technology is advancing so rapidly that we need such things as these iPods to get students learning. I think it is really cool and would not mind trying this out in my classroom some day. However, I will be teaching lower elementary so I do not think this will work so well but it is a good idea for junior high and high school teachers!
Visit Vincent's website at http://learninginhand.com/about.html
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